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= Sharad Sharma = From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Dr. Sharad Sharma, is a professor in the Department of Information Science and Director of the Data Visualization and Extreme Reality Lab (DVXR) Lab and the Director of the Data Science & Industry Innovation (DSII) Center at the University of North Texas. His research interests are Data Science, Data Visualization, Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Human-Computer Interaction, Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Modeling and Simulation of Emergency Evacuation, Human Behavior Modeling, Agent-Based Modeling, Multi-Agent System, Gaming, Fuzzy Logic.

Education and Career
Previously, Sharma served as the director of the Virtual Reality Laboratory at Bowie State University (BSU) and a professor in the Department of Computer Science. In addition, he was the graduate director of the BSU Department of Computer Science. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from Wayne State University in Detroit, MI in 2006, and M.S. from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI in 2003, and a B.Arch from Birla Institute of Technology in Mesra, India in 1999.

In November 2023, Dr. Sharma was awarded the Outstanding Mentor Award and the Top 5 Recipients & Most Awarded Grants Award at UNT. The 2018 USM Board of Regents "Faculty Award" for Excellence in Research and Scholarship has been given to him. A nominee from one of the 12 institutions that make up USM is eligible to receive this prize if they can demonstrate extraordinary scholarship and research that advances the field and breaks new ground in their field. He has been granted the Distinguished Achievement in Research & Grants at BSU Presidential Achievement Award for 2022. Additionally, he has received awards for "Outstanding Researcher Award" in 2013, "Outstanding Faculty Award" in 2012, "Outstanding Researcher Award" in 2011, "Outstanding Publication Award" in 2010, and "Outstanding Young Faculty Member" in 2010.

Dr. Sharma is the Engineering Reality of Virtual Reality Conference Chair for ERVR 2024 (IS&T EI 2024), which takes place January 21–25, 2024. The 26th International Conference on Software Engineering and Data Engineering (SEDE 2017), the 27th International Conference on Software Engineering and Data Engineering (SEDE 2018), and the 28th International Conference on Software Engineering and Data Engineering (SEDE 2019) all had him serving as the program chair. He is an IEEE senior member.

Dr. Sharma has expertise in human behavior modeling and simulation for emergency response and decision-making and specializes in multi-agent systems (MAS), mobile augmented reality applications (MARA) , and multi-user virtual reality (MUVR).